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i have some deep suspicions about this...call 1-800-597TIPS with any info.



The officials said they still had no reason to suspect foul play in the disappearance of 3-year-old Jonah Payne and his 2-year-old sister, Nicole.



Nicole needs "a particular type of breathing machine on a daily basis" and Jonah requires medication, said Jay Jones, a friend of the children's parents, Lottie Kain and Dennis Payne.



"It's very important we find these children as quickly as we can so we can see that their medical needs are taken care of," he said.



Jones spoke during a Monday morning news conference that the parents attended but in which they did not participate. Payne embraced the sobbing Kain, and the couple stood behind Jones.



Jones said that the parents were "understandably upset," and that "they will take questions, but now is not the appropriate time."



Those three appeared at the pond-side location separately from the three law enforcement spokesmen who addressed reporters moments earlier.



"The parameters for a Levi's Call do not fit this case," said Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead, referring to Georgia's version of an Amber Alert for abducted children. "You have to have a confirmed abduction and vehicle to search for. We don't have that."



Bankhead said that while authorities "are trying to concentrate our efforts on finding the kids, there are other aspects of the investigation that we're pursuing that I can't get into at this point."



The GBI man said that authorities had interviewed several people and administered more than one polygraph examination.



"I can't talk specifically about polygraph examinations," he said. "I will say generally that a polygraph is a valuable tool in these type of investigations."



Warrenton Police Chief Jim McClain said Lottie Kain, called 911 shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday and reported that the toddlers had disappeared from their home in Warrenton, about 40 miles west of Augusta, when she went to the bathroom for a few minutes.



Search teams, law enforcement and volunteer, worked all night Saturday and most of Sunday before fatigue set in, and officials called a time out.



Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials told The Augusta Chronicle that they have not seen evidence to indicate anyone abducted the children. But Payne, Kain's fiance, told the paper he believes someone took them.



Warren County Sheriff Joe Peebles said new law enforcement forensics search teams would "go over everything again" beginning with Monday's search.



Bankhead said officials were following up on numerous leads "but nothing solid."



"We're at a critical stage right now at the 40th hour," he said. "As the hours go by, the chances are getting slimmer and slimmer."

the children...

Me too -LC.

There's something wrong about this one.

FBI is on standby but has not come in...if they thought kidnapping they would be in.

their bodies have been found in a storm drain. presser coming up in 15 mikes.

Apparently it was a sewage drainage pond? Really disgusting. This is very sad. Assuming this mother is innocent as I believe she is, I feel very bad for her. A lot of people are going to come down hard on her. They will say she was not watching her children...........she says she was in the bathroom. Accidents DO happen....this mother is in my prayers...

it has come to light that these parents have been under investigation for child neglect for two years. and there is an ongoing investigation into the deaths. cause of death--drowning. manner of death--not determined. (homicide or accident).

The parents have been under investigation for 2 years? Sorry, the case workers are just as negligent as the parents then.

So who knows really how long they were left to wander unwatched? Pretty sad. What is even sadder is that one of those toddlers probably wandered into the water for something and the other may have followed to help the other one struggling. Well with whatever happened, and whether the parents are to blame or not, I sincerely believe they are in the arms of Jesus and they no longer suffer the daily misfortunes of life here on earth...

it never made sense that left alone for only "5 minutes" they went 100 yards down the driveway and then over the fenced area of the pond. i may be way off and too suspicious, but if there is fresh water in their lungs (like bath water) that settles it. and i agree Peg, but if the protective agency had nothing solid there was nothing that could be done. except keep them on the radar. it's also odd that earlier ON THE SAME DAY a neighbor had brought the wandering-alone toddlers home. and if they did drown in that pond, how do we know they weren't assisted, as in susan POS smith case? they will never be able to prove or disprove that.

I am hoping that if these parents are guilty of never watching those babies, that the neighbors will start speaking up. They for sure would have seen these children wandering before. I did hear that about the neighbor returning them once that day......if it is true then I am in total belief that these parents neglected watching them on a regular basis. Also, can they drug test that mother to see if she was using drugs that day?